"Fire in the Hole"? What Happened to a Pie or Grapefruit in the Face? Teen Goofus Busted After Rotten Prank Scalds Drive-Thru Worker Right in the Mush

The recent alleged actions of a 17-year-old in Roseville, California might not quite qualify him for "Public Enemy" status, but at least Jimmy Cagney only pounded that dame with a grapefruit. (Link to full story at bottom). Police say the kid was pulling a prank that some dumbass teens call "Fire in the Hole" -- a moniker supposedly inspired by the phrase that soldiers scream when they're about to detonate a grenade or other explosive in an enclosed space.

The prank involves teens videotaping themselves (since what good is it if you don't catch it on tape, right?) tossing food or beverages at drive-thru employees. But in this case, it was "a prank gone wrong" (to say the very least), and it could land the teen in a different kind of "hole" -- the one at the local hoosegow, that is.

Police say the teen and three other utes pulled into the drive-thru at a Boston Market restaurant with more on their mind than just the chicken pot pie. Having apparently received his order, the teen (after presumably yelling "Fire in the Hole") fired a plate of "creamed spinach" back at the 21-year-old drive-thru worker, nailing him right in the kisser. (Truth be told, the worker's first clue that something was amiss should have been when a teenager voluntarily ordered "creamed spinach" in the first place).

Apparently, as well, Boston Market serves up their creamed spinach pipin' hot, because the worker suffered second-degree burns on his noodle and had to be treated "for serious face and neck burns." Now the teen's been arrested and charged with "battery causing great bodily harm," and his running mates may face charges too.

The linked story doesn't say whether the battery charge is a felony or a misdemeanor, but I would assume it could potentially entail some time in the can for the teen. And with good reason (if he's the actual perp). I could see an ounce of humor in this if he had merely fired off a soda or a pie (or a grapefruit for that matter) at the worker, but tossing something that's scalding hot is simply no laughing matter. Not when possible time in the juvy is the only punch line.

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